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If you live in #Texas and you or your family would be directly harmed by the passage of an anti-trans "bathroom bill," please get in touch with me if you're willing to be interviewed.
Featured story: We forget what we don’t want to remember. There are dangers embedded in our forgetfulness. This is especially true for anyone living in Flash Flood Alley, or what we like to call the Hill Country. https://www.texasobserver.org/san-antonio-hill-country-floods-history-1921-2025/
The Texas Observer · The San Antonio Flood of 1921 Held Lessons We Refuse to LearnThere is nothing unknown about what triggered the brutal Hill Country flood of 2025 and so many others dating back to the nineteenth century.
From 2024: The flood engulfed my grandparents’ neighborhood. Their house, furniture, clothes, toys, documents, everything was destroyed. To this day, mom, the eldest daughter, still talks about the family photos that were lost and the history we’ll never see again. https://www.texasobserver.org/lipan-apache-elder-return/
Acting Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee and former Houston City Council Member Amanda Edwards each polled 19% among likely voters in Texas’ 18th Congressional District.
Houston Public Media · Menefee, Edwards in dead heat for 18th Congressional District special election, UH Hobby School survey finds
Bird of the Day — Greater Roadrunner, Texas 2018
From our magazine: Since 1980, the U.S. federal courts have overseen a secretive system that allows judges to investigate and sanction their own peers under a law called the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act. Nationwide, only a handful of these complaints are ever investigated. https://www.texasobserver.org/disorder-in-the-court/ \
The Texas Observer · Rules of the RobeA sharp-eyed retiree uncovered evidence of judicial misconduct by the chief judge of Houston’s busy bankruptcy court. The unusual story highlights how other complaints against judges go ignored.
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@major #Texas is just a christofacist hellhole designed to see how far #christofacism can go without inciting a civil war.
From AP News: Texas county votes to release Uvalde school shooting records, ending legal battle
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Here is a Gofundme for the Good Samaritan victim in the attack who was seriously injured. https://www.gofundme.com/f/Austinfatherneedsyourhelp
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On Saturday, a transphobic incident at the "free" side of Barton Springs, #Austin's popular swimming spot, escalated into violence involving multiple assaults including one hospitalized "good Samaritan."
I am in touch with multiple victims of the incident and working on a story. Please reach out if you have any tips or info. https://www.reddit.com/r/Austin/s/yGb7TClrgR
I had to go to Walgreens Pharmacy a few months ago (exciting!), so I did my evening walk at the nearby Southeast Park in Amarillo, TX. Not really a Mecca for photographers, so I didn't bring along my "serious" gear. I do always keep my "point-and-shoot" compact zoom camera (Panasonic LUMIX DC-ZS200) in my car just in case, and I wound up doing a handheld long-ish exposure (like a crazy person) with this wintry cypress tree in the lake. I'd call it a victory for my little point-and-shoot...and I'd say I can hold pretty steady! #tree #cypress #lake #water #sunset #longexposure #Texas #nature #landscape #clouds #sky
The 10 worst U.S. states to retire—6 are in the South
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/26/worst-us-states-to-retire-bankrate.html?__source=androidappshare
#Louisiana is No. 1; #Texas is No. 2;
#Florida is No. 10.
CNBCThe 10 worst U.S. states to retire—6 are in the SouthFactors like affordability and weather may make these states unattractive to retirees, but they could be right for you based on your personal preferences.
In Fight for House, New York May Follow Texas in Redrawing Maps
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/nyregion/new-york-redistricting-texas.html
"From both a partisan perspective and a racial perspective, many of those are majority non-white districts—with the exception of Lloyd Doggett’s district in #Austin. So you’re talking about targeting the political power of communities of color in a pretty aggressive way." https://www.texasobserver.org/redistricting-plans-michael-li-interview-2025/
The Texas Observer · The Texas GOP’s ‘Unprecedented,’ Risky Gerrymandering SchemeA redistricting expert discusses Tom Delay, ‘dummymanders,’ and the long history of racial gerrymandering in the state.
In #poetry: We will not read this book.
It will not whisper its histories
to us. We will not
listen to its secrets,
be seduced
by its sweet mysteries,
compelled to arise
revolt question
accuse desire
confess dream
Love die.
We will not.
read. this. book. https://www.texasobserver.org/formerly-incarcerated-activist-poetry/
The Texas Observer · Penned Poetry: A Formerly Incarcerated Activist’s Turn to VerseLongtime advocate Jorge Antonio Renaud lyricizes the grit of prison life in his first published collection of poems, The Restlessness of Bound Wrists.
Out today from Lise Olsen: “My hope is there’s going to be some more action from the chief [district] judge, the circuit judge, maybe even the judicial council—and guidelines to judges about what their responsibilities are.”
But right now, there seem to be few consequences for judicial corruption and conflict of interest. https://www.texasobserver.org/disorder-in-the-court/
The Texas Observer · Rules of the RobeA sharp-eyed retiree uncovered evidence of judicial misconduct by the chief judge of Houston’s busy bankruptcy court. The unusual story highlights how other complaints against judges go ignored.